Tuesday, June 25, 2019

A Name Translated into a Kakejiku

This scroll was also made for a customer I met at the Nihon Matsuri in downtown Salt Lake on April 27th. It takes me about a month and a half to create a handmade scroll. The person wanted their name Nativi transliterated into Japanese. So my wife made this translation for the sounds in his name.
Na 成 = To Be or Have
Ti (Chi) 千 = One Thousand
Vi (Bi) 孫 = Descendants

This is on a very nice Pure silk with a cherry blossom design.

If you would like to have a scroll created uniquely for you, please email to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Scroll Making Class Pics

These are pictures from my first scrollmaking class that I have held locally. The students use my published book and we do everything step by step. This was the third class. To complete the course it requires 5 classes at $20.00 per class and all materials are provided. We completed to stage 2a on Saturday June 15, 2019.





Sunday, June 16, 2019

Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight Kakejiku

This was a kakejiku or Wallscroll made for a customer I met at the Nihon Matsuri in Salt Lake City on April 27, 2019. He wanted me to make a scroll with the mountain cloth and this particular Japanese kotowaza or proverb. It was brushed by my wife Yoshimi Yamada "Ryugyoku" Maples. She is a really talented calligrapher.

Because I had so little of the mountain cloth,  I made it into a Sandan Hyougu style scroll. It is completed with ivory plastic jikusaki and the Usukin (light gold) hanging string.

If you would like a custom scroll made for yourself, please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com

Friday, June 7, 2019

Pair of Japanese Calligraphy Scrolls


These scrolls were made for a customer in Florida. The sayings are from the Karate Kid II movie. I tried to get the cloths to match the ones in the original dojo.
I enjoyed making these for the customer.

If you have a favorite quote or Japanese phrase you would like made into a scroll, please contact to sales@customjapanesecalligraphy.com so that I can provide a quote for you.